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First Stalker Arrested in Okinawa

Date Posted: 2000-12-15

A 55 year old man was arrested for stalking last Monday, becoming the first in Okinawa to be held under the new anti-stalking law, passed last month.

According to the Gushikawa Police Station Stalking Project Team the man was stalking his ex-wife at the end of November. He became jealous when his ex-wife started to live with another man. He was arrested in June for violent behavior towards his ex-wife’s boyfriend.